I am not a partisan. I'm a Canadian
Canadian - not even an American. That explains it - you don't know what the F* you're talking about.
Instead of reading 'world reports' you should have actually watched the
Investigations. You should have seen the Obama administration officials testify under oath that they DID know about the threat of a Middle East-wide attack on US Embassies on 9/11/12, that they DID know about the AQ leader's call for an assassination of Stevens in retaliation for the death of a Benghazi AQ leader due to an Obama drone strike, they DID know of the 2 terrorist attacks leading up to 9/11/12, they DID know how Stevens asked for additional security more than 50 times, they DID reject all of those requests, they DID take away part of his security detail right before 9/11/12 and AFTER the 2 terrorist attacks, and they DID know about the other nations pulling their people out and refused to do so.
YOU claimed they did not know some of this until AFTER the investigation which is completely WRONG. You, like (UN-)American snowflakes claim Hillary was not a failure even though she allowed 4 Americans to NEEDLESSLY die. So, that is a measure of success for F*ed up Canuck snowflakes, too huh?!
I made no claims of what was learned in the investigations whatsoever. But I did read up on the reports as they were issued.
That you're STILL spouting FOX News talking points says that you didn't read the reports at all.
1. In advance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the State Department issued a warning to all US diplomatic outposts throughout the world, and in particular, they issued a strong warning those in the ME, to be on high alert.
2. Ambassador Stevens was warned NOT to go to Benghazi because of unrest and terrorist activity in the area - a warning HE chose to ignore.
3. In the months preceding the attack, numerous security upgrades were made to the compound, including stronger fencing, improved lighting, and other work. However, with Congress cutting the State Department security budget by 30%, not everything requested was completed.
4. US forces were too far away to effect a rescue once the attack started. There was no "stand down" order. One of the outcomes of this attack was that US military are now stationed closer to hot spot areas so that they can come to the aid of Americans under attack.
7 Benghazi investigations could find no fault with Obama or Clintons handling of this tragedy.
It is also to be noted that 80 people died in attacks on diplomatic outposts under George W. Bush and there wasn't one Congressional investigation to make sure it never happened again.
Couple of points regarding the above.
Stand-down' story ignores critical facts about effort to save Americans in Benghazi
The above effort to white wash the Obama administration was done by the extremely well known BIASED Politifact.org which is owned by the non-profit
group Poynter Institute owner of the ST. Petersburg, FL Times known by those of us living here as Pravda West!
This will not alter Dragonlady's extremely biased and honestly uninformed position but there are several points she mentions ALL without any sourcing I might point out!
Evidence shows no Benghazi stand-down order to defy
For example.. semantics was the differential according to Politifact.
All the evidence suggests that if the phrase "stand down" was used by officials — and there's debate about that —
it was said only once in an effort to buy time to get intelligence information and equipment to a security team that was justifiably chomping at the bit to respond.
Testimony in the House Select Committee on Benghazi report shows there was no stand-down order to defy because there was never an order to not intervene in the unfolding disaster. The "stand-down" story contains some element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False.
The reality is there were troops ready to go BUT for political reasons ONLY... they were told to "WAIT"...
That's one differential Dragonlady won't agree with.
But here is one that NO ONE can dispute!
Susan Rice on 5 network shows blaming the video. All of this showing that Hillary and Obama think 100% all the time is this politically expedient...NOT what is best for America!
Her blaming a video telling a mother of one of the Benghazi dead Americans it was a video knowing full well it was a TERRORIST ATTACK!
Political expediency though (was just less then 8 weeks before re-election and remember Obama was counting on "Osama is dead" i.e. terrorism) no longer a
concern and with Benghazi identified BEFORE the election as a terrorist attack?
Would not be politically savvy. Hence the lie it was a video that had Susan Rice on 5 network shows blaming the video.
Hillary Clinton One night earlier, wrote an email at 11:12 pm to Chelsea Clinton reporting that two State Department officials had been killed in Benghazi by “an Al Queada-like group.”
Hillary Told Chelsea Truth About Benghazi, But Not American People
YET the proof is Hillary and Obama put the blame on in her words..
"Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet"
Charles Woods, father of CIA operative Tyrone Woods, told talk show host Glenn Beck on Oct. 25, 2012, that Clinton said to him, "We will make sure that the person who made that film is arrested and prosecuted."
In 2015, three years later, Woods shared with Fox News diary notes he took after meeting Clinton, Obama and other officials. "I gave Hillary a hug and shook her hand. And she said we are going to have the filmmaker arrested who was responsible for the death of my son," the entry said in full.
And again what does Politifact do in calling the families liars and supporting Clinton/Obama's administration?
In conclusion
It is impossible to know with certainty what Clinton told these families in brief conversations at a private reception only three days after Benghazi. Some, but not all, family members who have spoken to the media said Clinton mentioned a video or protests in their meeting. Some said she didn’t mention a video.
Clinton says she did not.
If she did say something about the video, would it have been an intentional lie?
It’s very possible that this is one of the many conflicting pieces of intelligence that the administration was working with at the time.
There simply is not enough concrete information in the public domain for Rubio or anyone to claim as fact that Clinton did or did not lie to the Benghazi families.
What did Hillary Clinton tell families in Benghazi case?
And Obama further along with Susan Rice blamed the video for weeks... 8 weeks to be exact BEFORE the election as another "Trick" Tactic to fool voters!
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack By Fred Lucas | November 1, 2012 | 4:16 PM EDT
Obama Has Touted Al Qaeda’s Demise 32 Times since Benghazi Attack